Device for supporting a pistol on a belt



Aug. 17, 1965 H. c. CHRISTENSEN 3, 0 8

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A PISTOL ON A BELT Filed Dec. 10, 1963 INVENTOR HAROLD C. CHRISTENSEN ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,200,528 DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A PISTOL ON A BELT Harold C. Christensen, Pine Hill Road, Croton on Hudson, N.Y. Filed Dec. 10, 1963, Ser. No. 329,553 Claims. (CI. 42-94) This invention relates to a device for supporting guns while aiming and shooting the same.

While pistols are widely used in police work, self-defense and hunting, accuracy in shooting them requires a high degree of skill which can be acquired by most people only after long practice.

It is an object of this invention to provide a device for supporting a hand gun which may be worn or carried by the user and which may be easily and quickly brought into operative position for supporting the gun while aiming and firing.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a device which assists in achieving greatly enhanced accuracy with far less practice than is usually required in aiming and firing pistols. Other objects and advantages will be evident as the description proceeds.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application:

FIGURE 1 is a diagrammatic view illustrating a preferred form of the invention being worn by a user, the position of the device while aiming and firing a pistol being shown in full lines and the position which the device may assume at other times being shown in dotted lines; I

FIGURE 2 illustrates on an enlarged scale the device shown in FIGURE 1; and

FIGURE 3 illustrates a modified form of the invention.

In the drawings reference numeral 1 generally represents a belt about the waist of the person using the invention. The form of the invention illustraded in FIG- URES 1 and 2 include two upright members 2 and 3 riveted or otherwise secured to horizontal member 4. Two elongated tubular members 5 and 6 are pivotally secured at 7 and 8 to the member 4 and telescopically received members 9 and 10 which may be secured in any position of adjustment by locking nuts 11 threaded on the members 5 and 6. The construction and operation of such nuts are well known and require no further description.

Members 9 and 10 are joined together at their upper ends and carry pivotally attached thereto at 12 the support 14 for the butt of a pistol. Support 14 includes a flat surface 15 upon which the butt surface of the pistol hand grip is adapted to rest and upstanding member or lug 16 which is adapted to engage the rear of the hand grip and prevent the latter from slipping rearwardly off of the surface 15 of pivoted support 14.

FIGURE 3 illustrates a modified form of device in which a single telescopically adjustable member 18 carrying pivotally mounted pistol support 14' at its outer end is pivoted at 19 to a clip 20 adapted to fit over the belt 21 of the user. In FIGURE 3 a lug or bolt 16' upstanding from the surface 15' of support 14' enters a complementary opening provided therefor in the butt of the hand gun. If desired the member 18 of FIGURE 3 may include several telescopic sections which may be shortened to a convenient length of 12 to 18 inches so 3,250,528 Patented Aug- 17, 1965 ice that it can be worn by the user with minimum interference to walking and quickly elongated to the desired length for use. Such a construction is particularly useful for police use and hunting in which it may be desired to wear the device normally hanging downwardly in non-interfering position along the leg of the user but ready for immediate use.

Use of the device will be largely evident from the above description. It is supported by the elements 2 and 3 of the element 20 from the belt of the wearer. When not in astual use for aiming and shooting, it may be permitted to hang along the leg of the shooter as shown in dotted lines in FIGURE 1 or as above described in connection with FIGURE 3. When the shooter desires to use the device, he may remove his pistol from its holster, place the butt of the pistol on pivoted support 14 or 14 and bring the device to shooting position in a practically continuous motion. The telescopic adjustability permits the device to be adapted to persons of prectically any stature. The various parts of the invention are advantageously constructed of light, rigid, strong material, such as aluminum. It will be understood that the elements 2 and 3 or the element 20 may engage any suitable supporting element surrounding the body in the region of the waist. Accordingly the term belt is intended to include garments such as hunting coats and the like which provide the supporting function of belt 1.

The form of invention shown in FIGURE 2 has the advantage of providing a somewhat more stable support than the form of FIGURE 3. The latter form has the advantage of minimum interference with leg motion for hunting and police work, especially if constructed as several sections which telescope to a length of 12 to 18 inches.

The device permits transfer of the major portion of the gun weight from the hand to the users body, greatly reduces hand and arm fatigue and facilitates attaining and maintaining directional control of the gun with minimal effort. The device has proved in use to promote achievement of greater accuracy with less practice than is attainable by conventional shooting methods.

Having described my invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device for supporting a pistol in shooting position, comprising means for engaging a belt on the user at at least two substantially separated locations, at least two extensible elongated members, one end of each member being horizontally pivoted to said belt engaging means at spaced apart locations, and a rigid plate adapted to support the butt surface of a pistol held in shooting position, said rigid plate being horizontally pivoted to the outer ends of said extensible elongated members, said rigid plate having an upstanding lug adapted to cooperate with and stop the butt of the pistol from slipping rearwardly off of the surface of the plate while the pistol is held in shooting position.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1 in which the extensible elongated members comprise telescopic tubular members provided with means for locking said telescopic tubular members to prevent coaxial motion. I

3. A device as claimed in claim 1 in which the upstanding lug of the rigid plate is adapted to slidably engage a complementary opening in the butt of the pistol to be supported.

4. A device as claimed in claim 1 in which the up- 1,497,794 6/24 Saunders 4294 standing lug of the rigid plate is a backstop located to- 2,427,593 9/47 Etzel et a1. 4-2-73 X ward the rear portion of the rigid plate with respect to FOREIGN PATENTS the shooting position.

5. A device as claimed in claim 2 in which the ex- 5 791418 2/95 ytensible elongated members are rotatable about their 209,522 5/09 Germanypivots on the belt engaging means through an are from 304,864 4/ 18 Germany; a hanging position essentially along the leg of the user 15996 1897 Great Bl'ltalnb t ll t l. to a shooting positron su s antla y above horizon a 10 BENJAMIN A. BORCHELT, Primary Examiner.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,295,688 2/19 Butler 4294 1,406,827 2/22 Dumas 42-94 

1. A DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A PISTOL IN SHOOTING POSITION, COMPRISING MEANS FOR ENGAGING A BELT ON THE USER AT AT LEAST TWO SUBSTANTIALLY SEPARATED LOCATIONS, AT LEAST TWO EXTENSIBLE ELONGATED MEMBERS, ONE END OF EACH MEMBER BEING HORIZONTALLY PIVOTED TO SAID BELT ENGAGING MEANS AT SPACED APART LOCATIONS, AND A RIGID PLATE ADAPTED TO SUPPORT THE BUTT SURFACE OF A PISTOL HELD IN SHOOTING POSITION, SAID RIGID PLATE BEING HORIZONTALLY PIVOTED TO THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID EXTENSIBLE ELONGATED MEMBERS, SAID RIGID PLATE HAVING AN UPSTANDING LUG ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH AND STOP THE BUTT OF THE PISTOL FROM SLIPPING REARWARDLY OFF OF THE SURFACE OF THE PLATE WHILE THE PISTOL IS HELD IN SHOOTING POSITION. 